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Quick definitions from WordNet (tug)
▸ noun: a sudden abrupt pull
▸ noun: a powerful small boat designed to pull or push larger ships
▸ verb: strive and make an effort to reach a goal ("She tugged for years to make a decent living")
▸ verb: struggle in opposition ("She tugged and wrestled with her conflicts")
▸ verb: pull hard ("The prisoner tugged at the chains")
▸ verb: pull or strain hard at ("Each oar was tugged by several men")
▸ verb: move by pulling hard ("The horse finally tugged the cart out of the mud")
▸ verb: tow (a vessel) with a tug ("The tugboat tugged the freighter into the harbor")
▸ verb: carry with difficulty
▸ Also see tugs
▸ Word origin
▸ Words similar to tug
▸ Usage examples for tug
▸ Idioms related to tug (New!)
▸ Popular adjectives describing tug
▸ Words that often appear near tug
▸ Rhymes of tug
▸ Invented words related to tug
▸ noun: a sudden abrupt pull
▸ noun: a powerful small boat designed to pull or push larger ships
▸ verb: strive and make an effort to reach a goal ("She tugged for years to make a decent living")
▸ verb: struggle in opposition ("She tugged and wrestled with her conflicts")
▸ verb: pull hard ("The prisoner tugged at the chains")
▸ verb: pull or strain hard at ("Each oar was tugged by several men")
▸ verb: move by pulling hard ("The horse finally tugged the cart out of the mud")
▸ verb: tow (a vessel) with a tug ("The tugboat tugged the freighter into the harbor")
▸ verb: carry with difficulty
▸ Also see tugs
▸ Word origin
▸ Words similar to tug
▸ Usage examples for tug
▸ Idioms related to tug (New!)
▸ Popular adjectives describing tug
▸ Words that often appear near tug
▸ Rhymes of tug
▸ Invented words related to tug